Global governance and the emergence of global institutions for the 21st century
Is there any hope for those who despair at the state of the world and the powerlessness of governments to find a way forward?
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Description
This talk provides ambitious but reasonable proposals to give the globalised world the institutions of international governance necessary to effectively address the catastrophic risks facing humanity that are beyond national control.
The suggested solution is to extend to the same international level of sensible governance principles that exist in well-governed national systems. These include: rule of law, legislation in the common interest, an executive branch to implement such legislation, and courts to enforce it. The best protection is unified collective action, based on shared values and respect for diversity, by applying widely accepted international principles to advance universal human prosperity and wellbeing.
Speaker Bios
Dr Augusto Lopez-Claros is the Executive Director of the Global Governance Forum, a Swiss-based non-profit foundation. Previously, he was Senior Fellow at Georgetown University. He is an economist who has held a number of senior roles over the past three decades, as Director of the Global Indicators Group at the World Bank, Chief Economist of the World Economic Forum and International Monetary Fund representative in Moscow during the 1990s.